The Year Ahead 2026: the big shows and the key openings

The Year Ahead 2026: the big shows and the key openings

Published: January 9, 2026

Duration: 1:12:33

It is the first episode of 2026. So we look ahead at the next 12 months with a guide to big museum openings, biennials and exhibitions. Ben Luke is joined by Jane Morris, editor-at-large at The Art Newspaper and Cultureshock, and Gareth Harris, chief contributing editor at The Art Newspaper, to discuss the key art fairs, major museum building projects and the top biennials of the year, and we pick our exhibition highlights.All of the events discussed and many more are featured in The Art Newspaper’s guidebook The Year Ahead 2026, an authoritative look at the year’s unmissable art exhi...